ACLS provider manual
By: editor, Richard O. Cummins ; major contributors, John M. Field, Mary Fran Hazinski ; special contributors, Charles F. Babbs ... [et al.].
Contributors: Cummins, Richard O.; Field, John M.; Hazinski, Mary Fran.; Babbs, C. F.; American Heart Association.
Publisher: American Heart Association
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Dallas, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Advanced Cardiac Life Support.; Death, Sudden, Cardiac -- prevention & control.; Heart Arrest -- Outlines.; Life Support Care -- Outlines.; Resuscitation -- Outlines.; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation -- methods.; Heart Diseases -- complications.; Heart -- Diseases.; Cardiac arrest -- Treatment.; Cardiovascular emergencies -- Study and teaching.; Cardiac resuscitation -- Study and teaching.; Cardiac arrest -- Study and teaching.; Emergency medical services.
Genres: Outlines.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the ACLS provider course; title: The systematic ACLS approach; title: The advanced ACLS skills; title: The human dimension of CPR and ACLS: human, ethical, and legal issues; title: Final, take-home ACLS concepts; title: Respiratory compromise: from shortness of breath to respiratory arrest (with a pulse); title: VF treated with CPR and automated external defibrillation; title: VF/pulseless VT: persistent/refractory/recurrent/shock resistant; title: Pulseless electrical activity; title: Asystole: the silent heart algorithm; title: Acute coronary syndromes: patients with acute ischemic chest pain; title: Bradycardias; title: Unstable tachycardia; title: Stable tachycardia; title: Acute ischemic stroke; title: Basic ACLS skills: CPR and AED; title: Workbookreview questions and annotated answers; title: ACLS rhythms for the ACLS algorithms; title: ACLS drugs, cardioversion, defibrillation and pacing. tachycardia; title: Stable tachycardia; title: Acute ischemic stroke; title: Basic ACLS skills: CPR and AED; title: Workbook review questions and annotated answers; title: ACLS rhythms for the ACLS algorithms; title: ACLS drugs, cardioversion, defibrillation and pacing.